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The overwhelming National debt is on purpose. [View all] Buddyzbuddy Jun 9 OP

Yes, it is overwhelming but these billionaires need productivity of others to feed their greed and that is why their in2herbs Jun 9 #1

"billionaires need productivity of others" Intractable Jun 9 #7

The data suggests otherwise. .... littlemissmartypants Jun 9 #19

So, they are cutting jobs based on the potential impact of future AI. Intractable Jun 10 #36

Whoa, cowboy. Nobody is trying to correct anyone. ... littlemissmartypants Jun 10 #38

There will be no billionaires without customers and workers. CBHagman Jun 10 #51

So, you are saying there are no billionaires now? Intractable Jun 10 #56

they are counting on a bubble and the inevitable privatize profits and socialize losses JT45242 Jun 10 #52

Fewer workers, Mme. Defarge Jun 10 #40

Trump Tax Cuts and BBB created a hole in the budget. bucolic_frolic Jun 9 #2

Transfer of funds lame54 Jun 9 #3

They've been doing this for 50 years. Ramped it up hard after 9/11 when nobody was looking n/t Cheezoholic Jun 9 #4

That's the Bain Capital / Blackrock / vulture capitalist model. Bleed them till they're dry erronis Jun 9 #5

firmly capitalist rampartd Jun 10 #33

And behind it all popsdenver Jun 10 #58

i had thought we were evolving into corporate feudalism rampartd Jun 10 #59

And if Democrats win in 26 and/or 28, they will start pointing at it ms liberty Jun 9 #6

K&R Auggie Jun 9 #8

nothing a return to 90% top tax rate can't fix JMCKUSICK Jun 9 #9

I'd be in favor of MUCH more than just that...but its a mandatory first step. Moostache Jun 10 #47

The best time to tax a rich peop is after their death questionseverything Jun 10 #54

The Two Santa Claus Theory Just Jerome Jun 9 #10

Agreed. Completely sickening and evil LymphocyteLover Jun 9 #11

They won't be held accountable. They will leave the country. 1WorldHope Jun 9 #12

No apologies needed. Wednesdays Jun 9 #29

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is what capitalism does. BlueTsunami2018 Jun 9 #13

They want to privatize every-thing Seinan Sensei Jun 9 #22

This is what unregulated, raw capitalism does. wnylib Jun 10 #31

George Carlin Whip-poor-will Jun 10 #37

It's a big club and we ain't in it! questionseverything Jun 10 #55

MAGA is destroying our country more than any foreign enemy could dream of IronLionZion Jun 9 #14

Most of the MAGAs don't even understand how they're being used by Chump and the other billionaires FakeNoose Jun 9 #15

I have talked to several MAGA dupes... Moostache Jun 10 #48

Yep, perfect storm fot these rapists traitors to destroy everything American. bluestarone Jun 10 #60

It goes back, way back before project 2025, its called The Two Santas Strategy ImNotGod Jun 9 #16

Yes, but the two Santa strategy was more political, imho. Buddyzbuddy Jun 9 #25

If so, they will learn to their bane the purpose of Social Security . . . Journeyman Jun 9 #17

The talking dollars have spoken: human beings don't matter Ponietz Jun 9 #18

YUP, ABSOLUTELY "RIGHT"! It's their secret long-term plan to wreck "socialist" safety net programs, Jack Valentino Jun 9 #20

When is the 'sacrosanct' "defense" budget on the block? RT Atlanta Jun 9 #21

Absolutely spot on. debsy Jun 9 #23

100% the get the rot out reset. Blue Full Moon Jun 9 #24

There will be no other choice than to enact extreme taxation policies on the billionaires and if they try to leave the ChicagoTeamster Jun 9 #26

i'd go one step farther rampartd Jun 10 #34

Rich enid602 Jun 9 #27

Starve the Beast and shrink it to a size that can be drowned in a bathtub Martin Eden Jun 9 #28

add "the 2 santa claus theory" and we get to a $40T republican debt. rampartd Jun 10 #35

Wow, reading the comments..... Dan Jun 10 #30

In 2010 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 set up a trigger mechanism for automatic mandatory summer_in_TX Jun 10 #32

That's exactly their strategy. WestMichRad Jun 10 #39

Burning America to the ground has three goals: Botany Jun 10 #41

So just spend 80 billion more taxpayer dollars on ice. We're at what 250 billion? Akakoji Jun 10 #42

Agreed BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 10 #43

This is ON the Republicans ONLY! Fucking Traitors dave99 Jun 10 #44

The burn relogic Jun 10 #45

Yep and they have done this for decades and decades. Break it & say "gov't doesn't work" themaguffin Jun 10 #46

They do this every time Figarosmom Jun 10 #49

This has been a strategy since Reagan Quanto Magnus Jun 10 #50

Bingo. SergeStorms Jun 10 #53

Bingo! BurnDoubt Jun 10 #57

Financed by the billionaires..... SergeStorms Jun 10 #62

LOCK THE TRAITOR UP -- HE IS WRECKING OUR COUNTRY ON PURPOSE Blue Owl Jun 10 #61